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unpersuasive adjective uk /ˌʌn.pəˈsweɪ.sɪv/ us /ˌʌn.pɚˈsweɪ.sɪv/ not making you want to believe or do a particular thing: The court found their argument unpersuasive. This distinction is unpersuasive to modern readers. Opposite
persuasive This argument is wholly unpersuasive. In the end we found this an unpersuasive argument. The defendant maintained that he was trying to flee; the court found this argument unpersuasive, reasoning that he led officers on a dangerous, high-speed car chase. The trial judge will dismiss the evidence as unpersuasive. This was an interesting, if unpersuasive, comment. The novel's protagonist is a deeply unpersuasive hero. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Urging & persuading ambulance-chasing argumentation badger be/go on at someoneidiom blag blagger get (something) through (to someone) go on hortatory hustle incitation incitement jockey sucker sway uncoerced unconvinced unpersuaded unsalable unsaleable |